Morphosyntactic Change: Functional and Formal Perspectives (Oxford Surveys in Syntax & Morphology)

A Critical Comparison Of Morphosyntactic Change And The Mechanisms That Trigger It, This Book Shows How Changes In Discourse, Lexicon, Semantics, Pragmatics, And Sound Interact With Changes In Morphosyntax, And Considers The Interface Between The Internal And External Factors Of Change. 1. What Is 'good Practice' In Historical Linguistics : Aims And Methods -- 2. Conflict And Reconciliation : Two Theories Compared -- 3. Principles, Mechanisms, And Causes Of Change -- 4. A Paradigm Case : The Story Of The Modals (and Other Auxiliaries) -- 5. From Discourse To (morpho)syntax And Vice Versa : The Case Of Clause-fusion -- 6. Subjectification, Scope, And Word Order -- 7. Towards A Usage-based Theory Of Morphosyntactic Change : Summary And Conclusions. Olga Fischer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [331]-359) And Indexes.